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Vaccines do not cause neurological damage, aluminum levels in vaccines are safe
Claim:
Aluminum in vaccines causes neurological damage and autism
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Source: Collective Evolution, Arjun Walia, Facebook user, 2020-02-19 -
IncorrectScientific evidence indicates virus that causes COVID-19 infection is of natural origin, not the result of human engineering
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evidence points to SARS-CoV-2 research being carried out at the Wuhan Institute of Virology
Source: Infowars, New York Post, Daily Wire, Steven W. Mosher, 2020-02-22 -
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Overwhelming scientific evidence shows that smoking causes lung cancer, instead of protecting against it
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Smoking may protect lungs from cancer
Source: NewsPunch, Grayson Black, 2017-04-04 -
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No conclusive evidence links consumption of bats with the 2019 coronavirus outbreak
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Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak linked to eating bats
Source: Infowars, The Sun, Daily Star, Paul Joseph Watson, Emma Parker, Gemma Mullin, 2020-01-22 -
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Daily Mail article misleads with clickbait headline claiming cowpox-derived virus will “kill every type of cancer”
“This article substantially overhypes early pre-clinical work with a viral therapy that has not yet been tested in even the earliest stages of human clinical trials. The headline is particularly misleading as I can find only three published papers suggesting the therapy has efficacy in lung, breast and colorectal cancers in cell lines and mouse models only.”
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. misrepresents WHO causality assessment for adverse events following vaccination, wrongly claims it enables cover-up of vaccine deaths
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[It] is nearly impossible to categorize post-vaccine deaths as vaccine-related
Source: NewsPunch, Children's Health Defense, Baxter Dmitry, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2017-07-18 -
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Claim that “flu shots are killing elderly citizens in record numbers” based on misinterpreted study
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Flu shots are killing elderly citizens in record numbers
Source: NewsPunch, Your News Wire, Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 2018-07-29 -
Inaccurate
Data shows the Earth is currently warmer globally than at any time in the past 2,000 years
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Earth’s mean temperature over the last 2,000 years shows two previous periods when temperatures were warmer than they are now; from 1–200 A.D., an epoch called the Roman Warm Period, and more recently the Medieval Warm Period from 900–1100 A.D.
Source: Townhall, Gregory Rummo, 2019-07-23 -
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Claims of curcumin cancer cure are premature and unsubstantiated
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Science just confirmed eating turmeric every day could ‘reverse cancer’
Source: Natural News, Get Holistic Health, Anonymous, 2019-03-16 -
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Marijuana has significant health risks, contrary to claims by Internet meme
Claim:
Marijuana is non-addictive, cures cancer, and grows brain cells
Source: Truth Teller, Anonymous, 2019-04-09
